16 Clarkes Way is a three-bedroom semi-detached house in Bassingbourn, Royston, Royston (SG8 5LT). It has a recorded floor area of 89 m² (around 958 sq ft), construction records dating it to 1967-1975 and council tax band C. The latest certificate (August 2016) shows a D (score 62), on the cusp of jumping into the C band. The recommended improvements would lift it to B (score 84), a 2-band jump. Main heating runs on oil. Other recorded features include notable views. Our model identifies extension potential, subject to local planning policy.
It hasn't traded since May 2002, a hold of 24 years that's notably long for the area. Sale prices here have outpaced England HPI: 5.3% per year against 0% for the wider region. Today's modelled estimate of £314,000 sits 214% above the 2002 sale of £100,000. On a £-per-square-foot basis, the last sale (£104/sq ft) was about 41.4% below the postcode norm.
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Recommended upgrades on file would lift this property by multiple EPC bands.
16 Clarkes Way has no planning applications on record.
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16 Clarkes Way's estimated value is more than triple its earliest registered sale price (2001).
£314,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables and a sale-price growth of 5.3% per year over 1 year.
£100,000
Growth on file: 5.3% per year over 1 year.
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16 Clarkes Way is notably below the street on habitable rooms.
Price per m²
£1,124
Street avg £2,220
Floor Area
89 m²
Street avg 93 m²
Habitable Rooms
4 rooms
Street avg 5 rooms
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
3/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
Nearest stop
2.4 km

Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
43.3dB

Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
similar homes nearby
Trends
the local market
20 May 2002Most recent
£100,000
+5.3%26 November 2001
£95,000
Median price across the last 5 sales in SG8 5LT: £315,000 (2024–2016).

CO₂ Emissions
4.5 t/year
Street avg 5.2 t/year
SG8 5AR
Tesco — bus stop.
Closest school
0.8 km
Bassingbourn Village College. 3 schools nearby.
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Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
36.0dB